TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1959//
TI  - Appearance and Criminality
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Corsini, R. J.
SP  - 49
EP  - 51
VL  - 65
IS  - 1
N2  - The theory of "contacts shyness" it that differential physical attractiveness leads to variable social behavior. Following the hypothesis that burglars who commit "behind-the-back" crimes should be less attractive than robbers who commit "face-to-face" crimes, a sample of prison photographs of men equated for age, race, and intelligence was rated for "attractiveness" by a large sample of other prisoners. There was no tendency for prisoners of any class to show patterns to preferences different from the entire group. Uniformities of rankings did occur in substantiation of the hypothesis. The old theory of physiognomy in relation to personality is to some degree upheld.<p />
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SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/222625
ID  - ref1
ER  -